Ok, interesting you like Vinnys ears as they do sit above the top of the skull. The other lower ears you have posted (in the UK) would be considered more like large 'hound like' ears which would be a fault. The ears you like are probably more typical of the Giant Schnauzers we have.

Of my two minis in the avatar, it is the one on the left who has had compliments on her ears.

Nice puppy ears

that can become very expressive ears lol

(excuse the red lines) high ears

nice adult ears

This is another of the girl on the left of my avatar

large, houndy ears

I think it is interesting to see how we compare various parts of the dog, it helps to exlain a little bit, why some will look at a dog and call it a show quality/promising dog and others will wonder what they are looking at to make the dog show quality

D'el casa di Vita wrote:https://2img.net/h/i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/snazy21/indyluke13weeks007.jpgThis is nt aloud here And it is what you say,like geint ears,that is the right ear we realy want to have

He is in a nice pet home, due to the white on his beard, the ears were just very expressive when i was taking some photos but do sit well and correct normally.

Breed standards are always subject to interpretation... and we do not always interpret words the same way, even in our own country.

The ears that one here considers houndy I do not find hound-like at all. These ears are breaking above the skull, and to me, a houndy ear would not break that high. I do consider these ears to be a bit too large, however.

This is a houndy, low-set ear:

To me, as I interpret my country's breed standard, our ears should break above the skull, but not too high, and should break as close to the top of the skull as possible, but never below it. The end of the ear should drop to about the corner of the eye. (My ears do tend to be a bit larger than that sometimes.) Where many of us seem to differ here in my country is that I prefer my ears to drop alongside the dog's cheeks, while others here want to see a more terrier ear and want it to sit more on top of the dog's skull. Those higher ears will fly all over the place when the dog moves, and I consider that incorrect.

_________________Karen Brittan, Minnesota, USABritmor Miniature SchnauzersPedigree indicates what the animal should be. Conformation indicates what the animal appears to be. But performance indicates what the animal actually is. -Author Unknown-

This male has the ears I want on all my dogs He has got in his critics all the times that his ears are super, both correct size and correct placed, and he has got this from European judges from all over

No problem! I think it is good to understand each other (from different countries/breed standards) particularly if we are using bloodlines from other countries, or sending a dog for show/breeding or importing a dog for the same. It isn't really good enough to say 'the dog has good .......' we need to know, first, what the other person means when they say a dog is strong in various areas.